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Democrats Join McCarthy In Celebrating Budget Stopgap—And Taunting MAGA Wing

ToplineHouse Democrats—and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)—lauded a last-minute stopgap measure that passed the chamber on Saturday in an effort to avert a government shutdown, calling the resolution a “clean” bill, despite its lack of funding for Ukraine, even after Democrats pleaded…

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Duane Davis Can Be Convicted Of Tupac Shakur’s Murder Even If He Wasn’t The Triggerman—What To Know About The ‘Hardened Gangster’

ToplineDuane Davis was indicted Friday in Las Vegas for the murder of Tupac Shakur, a charge he could be found guilty of whether or not he was the person who pulled the trigger on the hip-hop icon, according to prosecutors. Key…

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Democrat Rep. Bowman Triggered Fire Alarm Ahead Of House Vote To Stall Shutdown

ToplineProgressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) set off a fire alarm in the Capitol Building ahead of a high-stakes House vote on a stopgap measure to temporarily keep the federal government funded and avert a dreaded shutdown, according to multiple reports, as…

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House Approves Last-Minute Stopgap To Avert Government Shutdown—Leaves Out Funding For Ukraine

ToplineThe House of Representatives approved an 11th hour stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded for another 45 days, with just hours left before the deadline to avert a shutdown, sending the bill to the Senate for a vote. Key…

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Why Over 100,000 People Have Fled Nagorno-Karabakh In Just Two Weeks After Azerbaijan’s Military Crackdown

ToplineNearly the entire ethnically Armenian population of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh has left the Caucasus Mountains region since Azerbaijan launched a military offensive on the war-torn region earlier this month, Armenian officials said Saturday morning, forcing more than 100,000 people to flee. Key…

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RuralWorks Aims To Boost Rural Economies, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Local Food Systems

Businesses in rural communities typically fall under the radar of growth-equity investors. “Traditional sources of venture capital don’t go to these markets,” says Melissa Obegi, president of impact investor Conduit Capital, U.S. “They often stick with a more tried-and-true footprint.” That’s…

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DOJ’s Proposed Jury Questions ‘Risks Tainting’ Bankman-Fried’s Panel, Defense Says

Some of the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed juror questions could bias either miss juror biases or prejudice potential jurors into thinking Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty before the trial begins, the FTX founder's defense team charged in a late Friday filing.…

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BlockFi Says It’s Taken Major Step Toward Emerging From Bankruptcy

BlockFi’s creditors have approved its bankruptcy restructuring plan, clearing one of the final hurdles in a months-long process to wind down the firm’s business and reimburse its clients, a Friday email from BlockFi to its creditors shows. The beleaguered crypto lender…

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Bitcoin’s Slips Below $27K, But What Might Government Shutdown Mean for Prices

While Bitcoin (BTC) remains on track to end its six-year streak of September losses, a modest pullback ahead of what could be an imminent federal government shutdown could put this month’s advance in jeopardy. The largest crypto by market capitalization changed…

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Transactions Between Bernard Arnault and Russian Businessman Face Scrutiny

French prosecutors are looking at a 2018 real estate deal between the head of the LVMH luxury empire and Nikolai Sarkisov, a Russian insurance magnate.French prosecutors are investigating financial transactions involving Bernard Arnault, the head of the LVMH luxury empire, and…

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Valkyrie Backs Off Ether Futures Purchases Until SEC ETF Approval Officially Effective

Valkyrie Friday morning said it will not purchase ether (ETH) futures until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of adding that vehicle to its Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) is effective. In an SEC Form 497 filing, the $77.8 billion…

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Government confirms plans for water efficiency labels on toilets, sinks, and dishwashers

Toilets, sinks, dishwashers, and washing machines will soon be sold with water efficiency labels, providing consumers with information that could help cut water and energy bills by £250m over the coming years. Announcing the move this afternoon, the government said a…

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Bankrupt Crypto Hedge Fund 3AC’s Su Zhu Apprehended in Singapore, Liquidator Says

Su Zhu, co-founder of hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, was apprehended at Changi airport in Singapore on Friday, according to the company's liquidator Teneo. The hedge fund collapsed in 2022, and interconnections within the industry meant the impact of its collapse…

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Seaweed and sport: How UEFA is giving sustainable packaging start-ups the chance to scale

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Rethinking Integrated Marketing: Why Being Everywhere Will Take Your Marketing Nowhere

Aimee serves as the CEO and lead visionary at Madison Taylor Marketing. There’s an unspoken belief that integrated marketing efforts must exist anywhere and everywhere to be successful. It’s often tempting to try to pack as much into an integrated strategy…

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E-scooter trials, hydrogen partnerships, and a column by Caroline Lucas: BusinessGreen’s most read stories of the week

'A question of ambition': Wind and solar could meet Britain's energy demand in 2050, study finds Britain's wind and solar resources are more than sufficient to meet all its energy needs, accroding to policy briefing prepared by researchers at the University…

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